How do I backup my email so that I can import it all back in at a later time if I need to?

[NoOp]

On 01/24/2009 02:59 PM, mark Pyles wrote:
> Hi everyone:
> 
> I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 (Gnome desktop) with thunderbird 2.0.0.19. Is 
> there a way to backup all  my mail and folders to be able to import them 
> back into thunderbird at a later time if needed say like to do a 
> re-install or if the computer runs a muck? Thanks.
> 
> Mark
> 

Yes. Just copy your .thunderbird folder to whatever
medium/partition/drive/usb-stick that you wish.